Fall Break, Part V: London, Florence and Epilogue. November 1st and 2nd.
We took the tube home and then met up with Jill and Megan at Shakespeare’s for drinks. London is fantastic. I know I’ve said it before but it needed to be reiterated.
We were up early the next morning to go to the changing of the Guard but it got cancelled due to inclement weather. Yes, that means we stood in a downpour for an hour before they decided to cancel it. I headed back to Mickey’s to work on my architecture presentation. I Skyped with my parents right before leaving which was nice. Saying bye to Rachel was tough because I won’t see her until January but I get to see Carolyn in Dublin in three weeks so I was over that!
Aviva and I headed out to catch our bus. We got slightly turned around which stunk. When we finally found our bus, we found out it was broken down and we were waiting for another one. Once the other one showed up, everyone was loaded on and then the driver broke the back window so we couldn’t use this one either. We all had to resort to paying cash to get on a National Express bus to catch our flights. So many people lost their flights or couldn’t pay because they only had cards. EasyBus has lost my business from here on out.
Anyway, I was fortunate enough to have ten pounds on me that I lent to a guy by the name of Jacob so that he and his friend could make it to the airport. They couldn’t pay me back and didn’t have time to get to the ATM when they got to the airport so they asked for my information so that they could contact me later. It reminded me a little of what Isabella did for me on my way back from London just two weeks before.
We made our flight on time and grabbed some Starbucks sandwiches for dinner. Our flight was fine and then we took a bus back from Pisa to Florence. It was all-in-all a fantastic return journey.
This break was definitely the experience of a lifetime. I’m really glad that I was with a group of girls who were all about immersion in the cultures that we were visiting. I saw much stuff, ate so much great food, laughed so hard, saw so many good friends, and really just had an amazing time.
Thank you to those who helped make the Break awesome. Thanks first and foremost to the girls! Aviva, Mick, Rach, Dana, Megan, and Jo – you guys made the Break for me and I can’t imagine having gone any better! Thanks to Rich, our travel agent in London, who set us up with really cheap places to stay but in GREAT locations and modes of transportation! Uncle Leon, thanks for the tips along the way! Mom and Dad, thanks for the cash-ola. Katie, thank you for pestering me to post this. Thank you to all of you who have read this faithfully and are continuing to follow me through my semester abroad. It means more than you know!
Now it’s off to Venice for the weekend!
Oh to be you!!!!
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